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1910 Suzanne Desprès – French Actress and her Chow

This beautiful photo of actress Suzanne Despres,  comes from a magazine highlighting  Theatre stars and their companion pets from 1910.  You can almost hear the actress saying ” now look pretty at the camera…stay still” Suzanne Desprès (16 December 1875 – 1 July 1951) was a French actress who was born at Verdun, Meuse and […]

Sandra Miller Collection -AFTER 1930 AMERICAN MAGAZINE ARTICLES

Below you will find articles from  my personal collection discovered in  a variety of all breed AMERICA MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS  DATED AFTER THE 1920S 1931 JUNE  THE DOG NEWS – COVER AND ARTICLES ARTICLES: A Month for Chow Lovers – by Claire Knapp Penney Miss Ely Buys Chow in China Moosilauke to be dispersed False […]

Sandra Miller Collection -PRE 1930 AMERICAN MAGAZINE ARTICLES

Below you will find articles from  my personal collection discovered in  a variety of all breed AMERICAN MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS DATED BEFORE 1931 1924 May DOGDOM MAGAZINE FEATURE ARTICLE “THE IDEAL CHOW AND HOW TO BREED IT” BREED ARTICLE : Virginia Waller and her Chow kennel travels with Eugene Byfield           […]

1928 Chow modeling a muffler scarf with owner

This large 11x 9″ photo is in my personal collection and I consider it one of my most prized possessions! This is an original press photo from 1928 and as you can see there has been permanent “markup” done on the surface of this photo to show the editors how and where to crop for publication. As much […]

1898 Kai Tai – A very early smooth chow in Philadelphia -W.R. Furness owner

    As in so many of my finds, this exciting little article depicting a smooth chow being strolled about  in Philadelphia’s Washington Square, led me down another very interesting path! The first thing that stood out is the early date of this “smooth”  Kai Tai being mentioned in the article.  So far this is […]

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